Best filtration system for a nano...

[john m_ lundberg]

What is the best filtration system/setup for a nano tank?

 

[mvm]

More info...

 

[cr500_af]

I'm interested too... the sump under the wife's cube is pretty small. I can BARELY cram my Seaclown 100 in there... and we know how well they work. Better than no skimmer, though.

I'd love it if someone would make a very small skimmer of equal quality to their larger ones. A little 50g rated MRC with a 4x6 footprint? Sign me up yesterday.

 

[john m_ lundberg]

So most all of you agree that you need a skimmer? I have been told by some there is no need for a skimmer, but just do more frequent water changes...but even with weekly water changes and smaller feeding, I am noticing too much junk in the tank...I have added more live rock, more flow, directing the flow toward that rock, and I am still noticing the junk...

I'm gonna go to fish scales and try to get a skimmer to fit this 30g long tank...

 

[glxtrix]

Well if you add more rock, you're adding more junk. Rock sheds because it's alive and it adds to the "waste" that livestock does as well. I've had a couple nanos in my years. Honestly, in my opinion, if you keep up with the husbandry of the tank, you don't really need a skimmer. And as some have said, it doesn't hurt either. The 12g I'm putting in my baby room will not have a skimmer. My very successful 15g mixed reef tank i use to have at my office didn't have a skimmer for the longest time. To each is own though.

 

[bclark7169]

I was at fish scales today and I think I saw a used remora skimmer

 

[lukestimp]

This little project would be Great on a 30 Gallon Long!